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Outlet: Physical Address, Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) Code (ASGS 2016) N(3) 0.1

Definition

The designated region representing geographical areas built up from Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3s) in order to allow for the output of a variety of regional data that a given outlet's physical address is located within, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Outlet: Physical Address, Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) Code (ASGS 2016) N(3)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Statistical area level 4 (SA4) code (ASGS 2016) 0.1 ".
Description

Please see the ABS ASGS webpage for further information regarding the coding structure and permissible values for this code set.
Data Type String
Format XXX
Maximum character length 3

Comments

Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4) are geographical areas built from whole Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3s). The SA4 regions are the largest sub-State regions in the Main Structure of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), and have been designed for the output of a variety of regional data, including data from the 2016 Census of Population and Housing. They are specifically designed for the output of ABS Labour Force Survey data and therefore have population limits imposed by the Labour Force Survey sample. These areas represent labour markets or groups of labour markets within each State and Territory.

Whole SA4s aggregate to Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (GCCSA) and State and Territory. There are 107 SA4 regions covering the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. These include 18 non-spatial SA4 special purpose codes comprising Migratory–Offshore–Shipping and No Usual Address codes for each State and Territory.

The Other Territories of Jervis Bay, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Norfolk Island are together represented by a single SA4 in the 2016 ASGS.

Please see the ABS ASGS webpage for further information regarding the classification.

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